PENNSYLVANIANS
in the
CONGRESSIONAL JOURNALS

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That there is due to John Pursell, late a private in the 11 Pennsylvania regiment, his pay during his captivity, from the 11 September, 1777, to the 26 August, 1778, seventy-six and 60/90 dollars.

That there is due to Captain John Stotesbury, of the 11 Pennsylvania regiment, a balance of pay and subsistence, during his captivity, from the 8 April to 31 December, 1778, inclusive; and for extra services before he was taken prisoner, five hundred and one dollars and 24/90ths: Ordered, That the said accounts be paid.

Mr. Muhlenberg, from the committee to whom was referred the petition of Ebenezer Cowell, made a report; which was read, and ordered to lie on the table.

A petition of William Delany, of the City of Philadelphia, praying to be allowed certain arrears of pay and depreciation thereon for his services as an assistant apothecary in the Military Hospital, during the late war. Also,

A petition of Hugh Ferguson, praying that certain sums of money, which he advanced for the purchase of provisions for the Army, during the late war, may be liquidated, and certificates granted for the amount thereof, in like manner as for money loaned. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Secretary of the Treasury, with instruction to examine the same, and report his opinion thereupon to the House.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Secretary of War, with instruction to examine the same, and report his opinion thereupon to the House.

The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of War, accompanying his reports on the petitions of John Alberson, Jacob Bacon, Luther Baldwin, Lewis Joseph Beaulieu, John Bennet, in behalf of himself and Abraham Sutton, Patrick Bennet, John Bryant, John Carey, Philip Clamberg and others, late officers and soldiers in the first Pennsylvania regiment, Lewis I. Costigin, John Sebastian Cunitz and others, Martha Dow, Honjost Dygert and others, Eli Elmer, Charles Ewell, Charles Fierer, Henry Frank and others, Abner Gage, Christian George, John Green, Peter Haas, Maria Harkemer, Nicholas Hoffman, John Howell, invalid pensioners of Philadelphia, John Jordan and Thomas Knight, Manus Kean and others, late soldiers in the Pennsylvania line, Thomas Kelly, Thomas Kincade, John Loehman, Joseph Mansfield, John Matthews and Elijah Bodwell, William Matthews, Nicholas Miller and Magdalene Miller, John Miller and others, John Moore and Mary Moore, Administrators of John Cole, deceased, Catherine Myler, Philip Peckham, Peter Perrit, Elisha Rice, Margaret Riker, John Robbe, Albert Russel, Samuel Safford and others, William Shepherd, John Spoor, John Staples, Jonas Stevens, Isaac Surrage, John Thomas, Eliphalet Thorp, David Turner, George Vaughan, Felix Victor, Daniel Waters, Charles F. Weissenfels, Haffield White, Stebbens Wilson, Caleb Worley, and Samuel Yorke; which were read, and ordered to lie on the table.

Also, a petition of Philip Duck, in behalf of himself and others, late soldiers in the fifth Pennsylvania regiment, praying the liquidation and settlement of their claims for military services rendered the United States, during the late war.

A petition of John Finley, late a Captain in the Pennsylvania line of the Continental Army, was presented to the House and read, praying that the location which he has made of the proportion of land due for his military services, during the late war, in one of the ranges of townships on the river Ohio, together with the improvements thereon, may be confirmed to him, and a grant issued for the same.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Committee of the Whole House to whom is committed the report of the committee on the petition of sundry soldiers in the late Army.

In the Report of the Secretary of War, dated 1st of February, 1795.
OF THE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA.
1 John Haley, ... Corporal, ... three-fourths of a pension.
2 Alexander Garrett, ... Private, ... do. do.
3 Samuel Gilman (or Gilmore,) ... do. ... one-half do.

Supplementary evidence annexed to this return, for the following persons, has entitled them, viz:
OF PENNSYLVANIA.
1 Griffith Rees,Private,one-half of a pension.

The following persons were reported as not having complete testimony, the first Session of the Third Congress, and have since procured and sent on supplementary testimony, which entitles them, viz:

OF THE PENNSYLVANIA DISTRICT.
1 Lawrence Hipple, ... Private, ... one-half pension.
2 Jacob Fox, ... do. ... one-third do.
3 John Wright, ... Sergeant, ... one-half do.

In the reports of the Secretary of War, dated 28th February, and 2d of March, 1795, and 5th February, 1796.
1 Josiah Conklin, ... Private, ... one half of a pension.
2 Edward Wade, ... do. ... one half do.
3 William De Witt, ... do. ... do. do.
4 Thomas Eagan, ... Matross, ... do. do.

2. Resolved, That the Secretary for the Department of War do also cause to be placed on the Pension List of the United States, the following persons, at the rate annexed to their names, respectively:

DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA.
1 Michael Orner, ... Private, ... one fourth of a pension.
2 Charles M'Cormick, ... do. ... full pension.
3 Philip Lauer, ... Sergeant, ... one fourth do.
4 David Hickey, ... Private, ... full pension.
5 Thaddeus Williams, ... do. ... one fourth do.
6 Nathaniel Hubble, ... Major, ... two thirds do.

Also, a petition of David Allshouse, of the county of Northampton, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying an augmentation of the pension allowed him by law; as, also, the arrears of pension due to him, in consideration of his services as a soldier in the Army of the United States, during the late war.

Resolved, That the prayer of the petitions of the said Thomas Mare, John Stotesbury, and Daniel Cook, cannot be granted.

Resolved, That the said Susannah Fowle have leave to withdraw her petition.

Resolved, That the prayer of the petition of the said Jacob Herman is unreasonable, and ought to be rejected.

Ordered, That the petition of William Meetkerke, of the State of Pennsylvania, presented on the eighth of February last, be referred to the Committee of Claims.

Mr. Dana, from the same committee, to whom was referred, on the nineteenth ultimo, the petition of Ann Elliott, of the State of Pennsylvania, presented the twenty-sixth of January, one thousand eight hundred and three, made a report thereon; which was read, and ordered to be referred to a Committee of the Whole House on Monday next.

Mr. Smilie presented a petition of Isaac Israel, of Green county, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying the liquidation and settlement of his claim, as a Captain in the Continental army, during the Revolutionary war With Great Britain.

The said petition was read, and ordered to be referred to the committee appointed on the twelfth instant, in relation to claims barred by the statutes of limitation.

The said petition was read, and ordered to be referred to the committee appointed, on the twelfth ultimo, in relation to claims barred by the statutes of limitation.

The said petition was read, and ordered to be referred to the committee appointed, on the fourth of December last, to prepare and bring in a bill, or bills, making provision for an adequate and comfortable support of such officers and soldiers of the late Revolutionary army as are still existing in a state of indigence.

Mr. Mumford presented a petition of William Hardy, formerly of the city of Philadelphia, now residing in the city and State of New York, praying relief in consideration of military services rendered, and personal injuries sustained, whilst Captain and Paymaster in Colonel Nash's regiment of light dragoons, during the Revolutionary war with Great Britain.

Mr. Nelson presented a petition of Philip Glum, of the State of Pennsylvania, praying to be placed on the pension list of the United States, in consequence of wounds received whilst a soldier in the Revolutionary army. The said petitions were read, and severally referred to the Committee of Claims.

On motion of Mr. Seybert, Ordered, That the petition of George Armroyd and Company, of Philadelphia, presented on the eighth of January, one thousand eight hundred and ten, be referred to the same committee.

On motion of Mr. Seybert, Ordered, That the petitions of Ludwig Kuhn and Philip Wilson, senior, presented on the sixth and twelfth of November, one thousand eight hundred and seven, be referred to the Committee of Claims.

William White, of Pennsylvania, to be Agent for paying the Invalid Pensioners of the United States, in the District of Pennsylvania. JAMES MADISON. February 8th, 1813.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures.

Mr. Wilson, of Pennsylvania, presented a petition of Rufus F. Reed and Daniel Dobbins, praying payment for their vessel, called the Salina, which was taken into the public service by General Hull, and was taken by the British at the surrender of Detroit.

Ordered, That the petition of Peter Audrain, presented on the 16th December, 1811, be referred to the Comptroller of the Treasury On motion of Mr. Archer,

Ordered, That the Committee of Claims be discharged from the consideration of the petitions of Thomas Goodrum, John Pridmore, Isaac Franks, John Wilson, Ernest Greese, John Sees, Walker Baylor, Thomas Anderson, Hugh Ross, Robert Neil, Aquila Deaver, Edward Kean, James Williams, William Henry Peake, Daniel Clarke, Thomas Hartwell, Jeptha Brown, Jonathan Woodworth, and John Huston, and that the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims.

Mr. Findley also presented a petition of John Gilbert, to the same effect with the petition last stated. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims.

The Congressional Globe, 1833-1873 : Index HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
By Mr. Pettis-- On the death of Hon. Darwin A. Finney, late a Representative from Pennsylvania.--[December 18, 1868.] Agreed to, 155.

Mr. Lyle also presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of Washington county, in Pennsylvania, praying that the pension heretofore granted to captain Jonathan Morris, may be increased.

Journal of the House, 1789-1873, WEDNESDAY, March 22, 1820.
Mr. Dennison presented a petition of John Schrader, of Bradford county, in the state of Pennsylvania, praying for a pension; which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

Mr. Brown presented a petition of Robert M. Elliott, of the state of Pennsylvania, praying to be reimbursed the stun of $119 90. advanced by him to a certain Joseph M. Clintock, a paymaster in the army of the United States, for the purpose of paying a detachment of militia then in the public service.

Mr. Denison presented a petition of Frederick Wendt, of Pennsylvania, praying for a pension.

Mr. Denison also presented a petition of George Cooper, of Pennsylvania:

Mr. Farrelly also presented a petition of Joseph King, and a petition Of William Butler, of the same state: respectively praying that their names may be restored to the pension roll of the United States, from which they have been stricken in consequence of the estimated amount of their property: which petitions were referred to the committee of the whole House to which is committed the bill supplementary to the acts granting pensions for services in the Revolutionary army.

Mr. Gross presented a petition of James Brooke, John Brooke, and Nathaniel Brooke, of the state of Pennsylvania, praying to be allowed additional compensation far arms furnished the United States, under contract, in the year 1808.

Mr. Baldwin presented a petition of William B. Foster, of Pittsburg, in the state of Pennsylvania; praying to be allowed for extra services, performed while acting as a deputy commissary of purchases in the late war with Great Britain.

Mr. Baldwin also presented another petition of William B. Foster, praying to be allowed and paid the interest on moneys borrowed by him for the public service, in the late war with Great Britain. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Mr. Rankin presented a petition of David Lytle, of the state of Pennsylvania, a purchaser of public lands, praying that the benefits of the act of the last session of Congress, for the relief of certain purchasers of public lands, may be extended to him, having been unable to avail himself of the same within the time specified by law; which petition was referred to the committee of the whole House to which is committed the bill for the relief of certain purchasers of public lands.

Mr. Stewart presented a petition of Michael Franks and George Franks, of the state of Pennsylvania, stating that they purchased two tracts of land, lying in the state of Ohio, which, at the time of the purchase, were represented to be good lands, fit for cultivation; that upon examination, they are found to be so low and wet as to be good for nothing, and praying to be permitted to locate other lands in lieu thereof; which petition was referred to the Committee of Private Land Claims.

Mr. Darlington presented a petition of James, John and Nathaniel Brooke, of the state of Pennsylvania, praying to be released from the effects of a judgment obtained against them for moneys advanced on a contract entered into by them to manufacture arms for the public, for reasons set forth in their petition.

Mr. McSherry presented a petition of Samuel White, of Pennsylvania, praying that moneys paid by him, as duties on his distilleries, in the late war with Great Britain, may be refunded, on the ground that he was unable to use the said distilleries in consequence of his being taken off into the service of the United States as a militia officer: also, that he may be indemnified for losses sustained and hardships endured whilst a prisoner with the Indians.

Ordered, That the so much of the said petition as relates to duties on the distilleries, be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means;

Mr. Denison presented a petition of Joshua Patrick, of the state of Pennsylvania, praying for an increase of the pension heretofore granted to him; which petition was referred to the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims.

Mr. McSherry presented a petition of Jacob Stonisfert, of the state of Pennsylvania, praying compensation for a horse lost in the public service in the late war with Great Britain.

Mr. Ellis presented a petition of Huldah Eldred, of the state of Pennsylvania, widow of John Eldred, deceased, late a pensioner of the United States, praying that the pension enjoyed by her late husband may be continued to her, during her life.

Mr. Stewart presented a petition of Joseph Fox, of the state of Pennsylvania, praying compensation for services rendered as a soldier in the army of the Revolution, and that he may be placed on the pension list.

Mr. Plumer, of Pennsylvania, presented a petition of William Donnal, a soldier of the army of the Revolution, praying for a pension.

Mr. Plumer, of Pennsylvania, presented a petition of Nathaniel M. Brien, praying payment for two horses lost in the service of the United States, in the year 1812.

On motion of Mr. James Wilson. Resolved, That the Committee on Military Pensions be instructed to inquire into the propriety of granting a pension to William Work, a citizen of Pennsylvania, who served in the Commissary Department, during the Revolutionary war, from 1775, until 1783.

Mr. Miller, of Pennsylvania, presented a petiton of Peter Holstein, of the State of Pennsylvania; praying respectively to be placed on the pension list of the U. States.

Mr. Stevenson, of Pennsylvania, presented a petition of the inhabitants of the city of Pittsburg, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying that provision may be made for the maintenance of the daughter of Duncan Stewart, who was killed while acting in the line of his duty as a non-commissioned officer of the Army of the United States, in the year 1813.

On motion of Mr. Sterigere,
Resolved, That the Committee on Military Pensions be directed to inquire into the expediency of placing Llewellin Young, Esquire, of Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, a Revolutionary soldier, on the pension roll.

Mr. Sutherland presented a petition of Michael Lewis, of the county of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania, praying to be placed on the Naval pension list; which petition was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

On motion of Mr. Mitchell, of Pennsylvania,
Resolved, That the Committee on Military Pensions be instructed to inquire into the propriety of reinstating Nicholas Straw on the pension list of the United States.

On motion of Mr. Lawrence, Resolved, That the Committee on Military Pensions be instructed to inquire into the expediency of placing upon the pension list of the United States the name of Joseph Reed, of Pennsylvania, a Revolutionary soldier.

Mr. Gilmore presented a petition of William Iddings, of the State of Pennsylvania;

Mr. Scott presented a petition of John Bliss, of the State of Pennsylvania;

Journal of the House, 1789-1873, MONDAY, March 1, 1830.
Mr. Sill presented a petition of William Hoffman, of the State of Pennsylvania, praying for a grant of one hundred and sixty acres of land, still due to him as a member of the corps of "Canadian Volunteers," in the service of the United States in the late war with Great Britain; which petition was referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims.

Mr. Ford presented a petition of Jacob Cumming, of the State of Pennsylvania;

Mr. Irwin, of Pennsylvania, presented a petition of David Wilcox, of the State of Pennsylvania; praying, respectively, to be placed on the pension list of the United States.

Mr. Forward presented a petition of John Polhemus, of the State of Pennsylvania, praying compensation for his services as a captain in the army of the Revolution, and for a reimbursement of money expended by him in provisions, pay, and bounty for his company; as, also, for the five years' pay as the commutation of the half pay for life, to which he was entitled as an officer aforesaid; which petition was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.

Mr. Denny presented a petition of James R. Butler, captain, and of other surviving officers and soldiers of the corps of volunteers in the late war, called "the Pittsburg Blues," praying that the pension heretofore granted to John Pollard, now deceased, formerly a member of the said corps, may be continued to the widow of the said Pollard.

Mr. Forward presented a petition of John Polhemus, of the State of Pennsylvania, praying compensation for his services as a captain in the army of the Revolution, and for a reimbursement of money expended by him in provisions, pay, and bounty for his company; as, also, for the five years' pay as the commutation of the half pay for life, to which he was entitled as an officer aforesaid; which petition was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.

Mr. Ford presented a petition of Jacob Cumming, of the State of Pennsylvania;

Mr. Irwin, of Pennsylvania, presented a petition of David Wilcox, of the State of Pennsylvania; praying, respectively, to be placed on the pension list of the United States.

By Mr. McCreery: Of inhabitants of the county of Washington, in the State of Pennsylvania.
By Mr. Crawford: Of inhabitants of the countries of Franklin and Cumberland, in the State of Pennsylvania.
By Mr. Forward: Of inhabitants of the county of Bedford, in the State of Pennsylvania.
By Mr. Fry: Of inhabitants of the county of Lehigh, in the State of Pennsylvania.
By Mr. Ramsey: Of inhabitants of the county of Adams, in the State of Pennsylvania.
By Mr. Buchanan: Of inhabitants of the county of Lancaster, in the State of Pennsylvania.
By Mr. Sterigere: Of inhabitants of the county of Montgomery, in the State of Pennsylvania.
By Mr. McCreery: Of inhabitants of the counties of Washington and Fayette, in the State of Pennsylvania.
By Mr. King, of Pennsylvania: Of inhabitants of the town of Hanover, in the county of York, in the State of Pennsylvania.
By Mr. Ford: Of inhabitants of the county of Lycoming, in the State of Pennsylvania.
By Mr. Smith, of Pennsylvania: Of inhabitants of the county of Bucks, in the State of Pennsylvania.
By Mr. Leiper: Of inhabitants of the State of Pennsylvania.
By Mr. Evans: Of inhabitants of the county of Chester, in the State of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Doddridge presented a petition of Benjamin Wells, John Wells, and John Webster, Collectors of Old Internal Revenue and Direct Tax, in the State of Pennsylvania; praying that certain balances which they claim to be due to them, may be paid.

Journal of the House, 1789-1873, TUESDAY, March 30, 1830.
Mr. Fry presented a petition of Henry Schoner, of the State of Pennsylvania, praying for a pension.

On motion of Mr. Evans, of Pennsylvania, Resolved, That the Committee on Military Pensions be instructed to inquire into the expediency of placing Jacob Wisner, a soldier of the revolutionary war on the pension roll.

Mr. Coulter presented a petition of Henry Newingham, of the State of Pennsylvania, praying for a grant of the bounty in land to which William Marshal was entitled as a revolutionary soldier, and whose representative he claims to be; which petition was referred to the Committee on the Public Lands.

Mr. Watmough presented a petition of Daniel Palmer, praying to be paid the arrearages of pension to which he conceives himself entitled; which petition was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Mr. Watmough presented a petition of John Bahin, of the State of Pennsylvania, a revolutionary soldier;

Mr. Watmough presented a petition of John Bowen, of the State of Pennsylvania, a revolutionary soldier; praying respectively that their names may be placed on the list of revolutionary pensioners.

Mr. Horn presented a petition of John Keen and Tabitha Earl, widow of Caleb Earl, deceased, of the State of Pennsylvania, praying to be paid for a vessel called "the Maria of Philadelphia," which has captured by the British forces, upon the capture of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

Mr. Banks presented a petition of James Crawford, of the State of Pennsylvania, praying for a grant of money in lieu of the bounty in land to which he is entitled as the representative of his son James Crawford, who was a soldier, and killed in service, in the late war with Great Britain; which petition was referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims.

Mr. Banks presented a petition of Jonathan Dav?s, of the State of Pennsylvania, praying compensation for property plundered from him by troops of the United States, in Canada, (where he was then living,) in the years 1813 and 1814; which petition was referred to the Committee of Claims.

Mr. Banks also presented a petition of Frederick Tise, of the State of Pennsylvania, of like tenor and effect with the petition of Jonathan Davis, above presented; which petition was also referred to the Committee of Claims.

Mr. Stewart presented a petition of Sarah Springer, of the State of Pennsylvania, widow of Uriah Springer, deceased, a revolutionary soldier, praying for a pension; which petition was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

Mr. Dewart presented a petition of Jacob Wheeland, of the State of Pennsylvania, son of Michael Wheeland, deceased, praying that the pension granted to, and paid to said Michael Wheeland in his lifetime, may be continued to be paid to Elizabeth Wheeland, the widow of the said Michael.

Mr. Crawford presented a petition of James Erwin, of the State of Pennsylvania, praying to be paid the amount of a certificate of revolutionary debt, which certificate he lost or mislaid in the year 1792; which petition was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.

Mr. McKennan presented a petition of William Barton, a naval pensioner, praying for an increase of pension; which petition was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Mr. Stephens presented a petition of Isaac Rynearson, of the State of Pennsylvania, praying to be paid the arrears of pension to which he conceives himself entitled.

Mr. Stephens presented a petition of John P. Schuyler, of the State of Pennsylvania, praying for a pension.

Mr. Beaumont presented a petition of John Jenks, of the State of Pennsylvania, praying compensation for his services as a soldier in the army of the revolution.

Mr. Beaumont presented a petition of Jonathan Bulkley, of the State of Pennsylvania, formerly a midshipman in the navy of the United States, praying for a pension in consequence of injuries received in service; which petition was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Mr. Laporte presented a petition of James Dennis, of the State of Pennsylvania, praying to be paid for the service of his wagon and team for the space of one hundred and two days in the military service in the late war with Great Britain.

Mr. Miller presented a petition of John Smith, of the State of Pennsylvania, praying that his name may be inscribed on the pension roll of the United States, for services rendered as a lieutenant of the Pennsylvania line of the army during the revolutionary war.

Mr. Miller also presented a petition of Andrew Loshe, of the State of Pennsylvania, praying to be allowed a pension for services rendered by him during the revolutionary war.

Mr. Banks presented a petition of John Bentley and George Bentley, of the State of Pennsylvania, heirs at law of Benjamin Bentley, deceased, praying compensation for damages committed on the farm of the said Benjamin Bentley, in the year 1794, by troops of the United States engaged in suppressing what was termed "the Western insurrection."

Mr. Chambers presented a petition of Mary Parker, of Franklin county, Pennsylvania, widow of Robert Parker, deceased, who was an officer in the army of the revolution, stating that the said Robert Parker received five years' full pay at the end of the war, as the commutation of half pay for life and, died in the year 1799; and praying that the said half pay may be paid to her, first deducting therefrom the five years' full pay.

Mr. Chambers presented documents relative to a claim of the heirs of James Murphy, a soldier of the army of the revolution.

Resolved, That the Committee on Invalid Pensions be instructed to inquire into the expediency of increasing the pension of William Kellar, of Bedford county, Pennsylvania, late an officer in the army of the United States, so as to grant him a pension from the time when he was wounded, or to allow him the pension of a commissioned officer wounded in said service.

Mr. Hiester presented a petition of Jacob Slough, of the State of Pennsylvania, praying to be allowed arrears of pension; which petition was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Mr. Chambers, of Pennsylvania, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported a bill, (No. 221) for the relief of Daniel Bush; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Harrison, of Pennsylvania, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, made a report on the petition of Peter Cook, accompanied by a bill (No.230) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Harrison, of Pennsylvania, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, made an unfavorable report on the case of John H. Newland; which was ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Muhlenberg, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made a report on the memorial of the representatives of Capt. John Winton, deceased, accompanied by a bill (No. 162) for their relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Laporte presented a petition of John Lent, of Bradford county, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying that his name may be restored to the list of revolutionary pensioners.

Mr. Laporte presented a petition of Godfrey Vought, praying that his name may be placed on the roll of revolutionary pensioners.

Mr. Henderson, presented a petition of William Lytle, of the State of Pennsylvania, administrator of his father, William Lytle, deceased, praying that the amount of pension due his father, at his death, may be paid him.

On motion of Mr. Denny, by leave,
Resolved, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be instructed to inquire into the expediency of placing Captain Thomas Turner, of Pennsylvania, on the pension roll.

Mr. Harrison, of Pennsylvania, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, made a report on the petition of John Conkin, accompanied by a bill (No. 29) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Harrison, of Pennsylvania, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, made unfavorable reports on the petitions of Solomon Tibbets and Thomas Reynolds, which reports were laid on the table.

On motion of Mr. Harrison, of Pennsylvania,
Ordered, That the Committee on Invalid Pensions be discharged from the further consideration of the petitions of Travis Fritters and Sebra Bachus, widow of Colonel Electus Bachus, deceased, and that they be laid on the table.

Mr. McKennan presented a petition of John M. Oliver, a contractor for mason work on the National road between Washington, in Pennsylvania, and Wheeling, in Virginia, praying for the passage of an act, authorizing the accounting officers to settle his accounts on equitable principles.

Mr. McKennan, presented a memorial of Samuel McClung, of the county of Washington, State of Pennsylvania, a soldier of the revolution, praying remuneration for his revolutionary services.

Mr. McKennan presented a memorial of Samuel Barr, of the county of Washington, in the State of Pennsylvania, a soldier of the revolutionary war, praying for a pension.

Mr. Fry presented a petition of Lot Leonard, of the State of Pennsylvania, a captain in the revolutionary war, praying for a pension for revolutionary services.

Mr. Klingensmith presented a petition of William Jenkinson, of the county of Westmoreland, in the State of Pennsylvania, a soldier of the revolution, praying for a pension.

Mr. Hiester presented a petition of Benjamin Reassnyder, of the State of Pennsylvania, a soldier in the late war with Great Britain, praying for a pension.

Mr. Chambers, of Pennsylvania, presented a petition of John McCarty, of the State of Pennsylvania, a soldier in the late war with Great Britain, praying for a pension.

Mr. Miller presented a petition of John Clarke, of the State of Pennsylvania, a soldier in the late war with Great Britain, praying for a pension.

Mr. Miller presented a petition of Joseph McBride, and of inhabitants of the county of Cumberland, in the State of Pennsylvania, in behalf of the said Joseph McBride, who was a soldier in the late war with Great Britain, praying for a pension.

Mr. Fry presented a petition of Christian Mattis, of Montgomery county, in the State of Pennsylvania, a revolutionary soldier, praying for a pension.

Mr. Ingersoll presented a petition, of Rebecca Goforth, of the State of Pennsylvania, widow of William Goforth, who was a soldier of the revolution, praying for a pension on account of the revolutionary services of her husband.

Mr. Chambers, of Pennsylvania, presented a petition of Vincent Massoletti, a sergeant of the marine corps, praying for the passage of an act granting him additional pay for services as clerk to the quartermaster, from October 1, 1825, to June 30, 1828.

Mr. Beaumont presented a petition of Benjamin F. Wesley, of the State of Pennsylvania, who was wounded while a soldier in the late war with Great Britain, praying that his name may be inscribed upon the invalid pension roll.

Mr. Clark presented a petition of John Miller, a private in Captain Alexander's company of volunteers from the State of Pennsylvania, during the late war with Great Britain, praying that his name may be inscribed on the invalid pension roll.

Mr. Craig presented a petition of John D. Holmes, of the county of Montgomery, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying pecuniary relief, in consideration of services rendered in the army of the United States in 1792.

By Mr. Chambers, of Pennsylvania: The petition of Thomas McCleIland, presented January 20, 1834.

Mr. Harrison, of Pennsylvania, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, made unfavorable reports on the cases of David P. Clapp and the Reverend John King; which reports were ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Harrison also made an unfavorable report on the case of Aaron Tucker, (written on the envelope of the petition;) which report was ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Beaumont presented a memorial of Stephen Gere, Jeremiah Gere, Peter Gere, and Jane Davis, of Wyoming, in the State of Pennsylvania, heirs of Rezin Gere, who was killed in the battle of Wyoming, in 1778, praying remuneration for certain losses sustained during the revolutionary war.

Mr. Laporte presented a petition of Matthew Cannon, of the county of Bradford, and State of Pennsylvania, who was a lieutenant in the service of the United States in the year 1808, praying for a pension in consideration of disabilities incurred while in service.

Mr. Fry, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, made a report on the petition of Chauncey Rice, of Pennsylvania, accompanied by a bill (No. 808) granting him a pension; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

On motion of Mr. Harrison, of Pennsylvania,
The Committee on Invalid Pensions were discharged from the further consideration of the petitions of James Allen and Moses Smith, and the said petitions were ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Richard M. Johnson presented, a petition of Peter Hege, of Beaver county, in the State of Pennsylvania, a revolutionary soldier, praying for a pension.

Mr. Richard M. Johnson presented a petition of Jacob White, a revolutionary soldier, praying for a pension.

Mr. Fry presented a petition of Peter P. Dawson, of the State of Pennsylvania, who enlisted in the service of the United States in 1792, and served therein a series of years, praying compensation for his services.

Mr. Mann, of Pennsylvania, presented a petition of Valentine Gruber, of the county of Bradford and State aforesaid, a revolutionary soldier, praying for arrears of pension.

Mr. Denny presented a petition of Christopher Doughty, of Pittsburg, in the State of Pennsylvania, a soldier of the revolution, praying for an increase of pension.

Mr. Klingensmith presented the petition of Mossey Harbison, of the State of Pennsylvania, widow of John Harbison, who enlisted in the United States' service in the year 1791, praying compensation for the services of her husband.

By Mr. Richard M. Johnson: The petition of Joseph Chambers, presented December 16, 1835;

By Mr. Klingensmith: The petition of William Jenkinson, presented February 29, 1836:

Mr. Beaumont presented a memorial of Samuel Raub, Jr., of Wilkesbarre, in the State of Pennsylvania, inventor of a new and improved mode of preventing explosions in steam-boilers, praying for its introduction and application to all steam engines owned or used in the employ of the United States; which memorial was referred to the select committee upon the subject of explosions of steam-boilers, appointed on the 16th of December last, and of which Mr. Hannegan is chairman.

On motion of Mr. Chambers, of Pennsylvania,
Resolved, That it be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions to consider the propriety of allowing a pension to Sarah Pemberton, widow of John Pemberton, deceased, a soldier of the revolutionary war.

Mr. Sutherland presented a petition of John Kern and John Duncan George, of the city of Philadelphia; praying compensation for services rendered as extra Clerks in the custom-house at the city of Philadelphia.

On motion of Mr. Mann, of Pennsylvania,
Resolved, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be instructed to inquire into the expediency of granting a pension to Frederick Hill, of Bedford county, Pennsylvania, a soldier of the revolutionary war.

By Mr. Petrikin: The petition of William H. Smith's heirs, presented December 8, 1834.

Mr. Henry presented a petition of Jonathan Davis, of Mercer county, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying remuneration for property taken by the enemy during the late war with Great Britain.

By Mr. McKennan: The memorial of John Laub, presented December 12, 1836.

Mr. Henry presented a petition of Simeon Early, of Beaver county, in the State of Pennsylvania, a revolutionary soldier, praying for a pension.

Mr. McKennan presented a petition of Robert McCready, of Washington county, in the State of Pennsylvania, a revolutionary soldier, praying for an increase of his pension.

Mr. McKennan presented a memorial of Vachel Metcalf, of Crosscreek township, in the State of Pennsylvania, a revolutionary soldier, praying for a pension.

Mr. McKennan presented a petition of James Latimer, of the county of Washington, in the State of Pennsylvania, a revolutionary soldier, praying for a pension.

Ordered, That the said several petitions and memorials be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

By Mr. Henry: The petition of Thomas Hall, presented February 16, 1835.

By Mr. Wagener: The petition of John H. Genther, presented January 28, 1828.

Mr. McKennan presented a petition of McKean Buchanan, a purser in the United States navy, praying to be allowed commission upon certain bills of exchange. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Mr. Henry presented documentary evidence in the case of James Scott, of Mercer county, in the State of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Plumer presented a petition of Isaac Boyd, of Crawford county, in the State of Pennsylvania, a soldier of the last war with Great Britain, praying for an invalid pension.

Mr. Plumer presented a petition of James Fleming, of Erie, in the State of Pennsylvania, a soldier of the last war with Great Britain, praying for an invalid pension.

Mr. Fry presented a petition of Joseph W. Knipe, of the State of Pennsylvania, a soldier of the last war with Great Britain, praying for an invalid pension.

Mr. John Quincy Adams presented a like petition from William Dickey, and fifty-seven other citizens of Mercer county, in the State of Pennsylvania.

Mr. John Quincy Adams offered to present a petition of Ross Bull and forty-four other citizens of Schuylkill county, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying Congress to abolish slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia; whereupon

Mr. John Quincy Adams presented sundry petitions against the annexation of Texas to the Union of these States, viz:

Of Araluctia Chalker and 34 others, inhabitants of Susquehanna county, in the State of Pennsylvania;
Of Abel Rolles and 28 others, inhabitants of Rush, Susquehanna county, in the State of Pennsylvania;
Of Giles A. D. Wolf and 68 others, inhabitants of Pike, Bradford county, in the State of Pennsylvania;
Of Nathan Stevens and 89 others, inhabitants of Bradford county, in the State of Pennsylvania;
Of William Dickey and 64 others, inhabitants of Pulaski and its vicinity, in the State of Pennsylvania;
Of John Fulton and 15 others, inhabitants of Westmoreland county, in the State of Pennsylvania;
Of Aaron Taylor and 47 others, inhabitants of Bloomfield, Crawford county, in the State of Pennsylvania;
Of James Wilson and 16 others, inhabitants of Union, Erie county, Pennsylvania;
Of William Gray and 31 others, inhabitants of Union, Erie county, Pennsylvania;
Of Elizabeth Hamplin and 21 others, inhabitants of Norwegian township, Pennsylvania;
Of Sandy Morris and 50 others, inhabitants of Schuylkill county, in the State of Pennsylvania;
Of Sarah Winterstein and one other, inhabitants of Schuylkill county, in the State of Pennsylvania;
Of Ross Bull and 49 others, inhabitants of Schuylkill county, in the State of Pennsylvania;
Of Ross Bull and 55 others, inhabitants of Schuylkill county, in the State of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Galbraith presented a petition of Jacob Rudolph, of Butler county, in the State of Pennsylvania, a soldier of the revolution, praying for an

Mr. Darlington presented a petition of Elizabeth Anderson, widow of William Anderson, deceased, a revolutionary soldier, of Chester, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying that her husband's pension may be continued to her.

By Mr. McClure: The petition of John Smith, of Pennsylvania, presented December 10, 1834.
By Mr. Toland: The petition of Eleanor Wilson, widow of Philip Wilson, late of Philadelphia, presented November 28, 1800.

Mr. Paynter presented a petition of Rebecca Comly, widow of the late Henry Comly, of Frankford, Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, only child of the late Isaac Worrel, a soldier of the Revolution, praying that a pension may be allowed her for the services of her late father.

Mr. Samuel W. Morris, of Pennsylvania, presented a petition of Amasa Alford, of Tioga county, Pennsylvania, praying that a pension may be granted him for his services as a "minute-man" during the war of the Revolution.

Mr. Plumer presented a petition of Michael McCrea, of Venango county, Pennsylvania, praying for a pension, in consequence of a wound received at the attack on Fort George, during the late war with Great Britain.

Mr. Potter presented a petition of Christian Folton, of the county of Huntingdon, in the State of Pennsylvania, who was disabled in service during the late war with Great Britain, praying that his name may be inscribed upon the invalid pension-list.

Mr. McKennan presented a petition of James Templeton, of Pennsylvania, praying for a revolutionary pension.

Mr. Beatty presented a petition of Margaret Coe, of Pennsylvania, widow of Benjamin Coe, a soldier of the Revolution, praying for relief.

Mr. Beatty presented a petition of Joseph Earles, of the State of Pennsylvania, a revolutionary soldier, praying for a pension.

Mr. Beatty presented a petition of James Stephenson and others, heirs of Alexander Stephenson, a soldier of the Revolution, praying that they

Mr. Plumer presented a petition of Marcus Spaulding, of the county of Erie, and State of Pennsylvania, praying for the benefits of the several acts passed for the relief of Canadian volunteers.

Mr. Paynter presented a petition of Margaret Morison, of the county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, daughter of Benjamin Marshall, deceased, a revolutionary soldier, praying for a pension in consideration of the revolutionary services of her father.

Mr. Paynter presented documents in the case of Mary Myers, of the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, widow of John Myers, who was a revolutionary soldier, an applicant for a pension, on account of the services of her husband.

Mr. Wagener presented a memorial of Colonel John H. Schenk, a soldier of the revolutionary war, praying for a pension.

Mr. Samuel W. Morris, of Pennsylvania, presented a petition of Elizabeth Mathewson, of Bradford county, in the State of Pennsylvania, widow of Elisha Mathewson, a revolutionary soldier, praying for a pension in consideration of the revolutionary services of her husband.

Mr. Reily presented a petition of Robert Dickey and the other heirs of Lieutenant William Dickey, deceased, late of the State of Pennsylvania, praying remuneration for the services of the said William Dickey in the revolutionary war.

Mr. Toland presented a petition of Chambers Gaw, of the city of Philadelphia, a soldier of the Revolution, praying for a pension.

Mr. Howard presented a petition of Mary Taylor, late of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, widow of Matthew Taylor, a soldier of the Revolution, praying for a pension.

Mr. Ogle presented a petition of the heirs at law of James Piper, deceased, late of the State of Pennsylvania, who was a lieutenant colonel in the revolutionary army, and was taken prisoner in the battle of Long Island, and died in prison, praying to be paid such sum of money as may be found to be due for the services of said Lieutenant Colonel Piper; as, also, for a grant of the bounty in land to which they conceive they are entitled by reason of his services and death aforesaid.

Mr. Wagener presented a petition of Jacob Knecht, of Northampton county, State of Pennsylvania, a soldier of the Revolution, praying for a pension.

Mr. Sergeant presented a petition of Chambers Gaw, of the city of Philadelphia, a soldier of the Revolution, praying for a pension.

Mr. Klingensmith presented a petition of Catherine Huffnagle, of Westmoreland county, State of Pennsylvania, widow of Michael Huffnagle, a soldier of the Revolution, praying for a pension in consideration of the military services of her said husband.

Mr. Sheffer presented a petition of John McCarty, of Washington township, Franklin county, State of Pennsylvania, a soldier of the late war with Great Britain, praying for a pension.

Mr. Samuel W. Morris presented a petition of Ethan P. Eddy, of Tioga county, State of Pennsylvania, a soldier of the late war with Great Britain, praying for a pension.

Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, 1789-1873, THURSDAY, April 12, 1838.
Mr. McKean presented the petition of Joseph Norman, of the city of Philadelphia, praying an increase of pension; which was referred to the Committee on Pensions.

Mr. Keim presented a petition of Michael Seitsenger, of the county of Berks, in the State of Pennsylvania, a revolutionary soldier, praying for a pension.

Mr. Ogle presented a petition of Christian Rice, of Somerset county, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying a pension for services rendered in the war of the Revolution.

Mr. Beatty presented the memorial of Mary Shroyer, of Butler county, in the State of Pennsylvania, widow of Mathias Shroyer, a revolutionary soldier, praying for a pension in consideration of the services of her husband.

Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, 1789-1873, SATURDAY, June 9, 1838.
H. R. 190. "An act for the relief of William Jenkinson, of the State of Pennsylvania;"

Mr. Petrikin presented a petition of Anna Maria Dornbouh, of the State of Pennsylvania, widow of John Dornbouh, deceased, who was a soldier of the Revolution, praying for a pension in consideration of the revolutionary services of her husband; which petition was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

Mr. Ogle presented a petition of William Slick, of the county of Bedford, and State of Pennsylvania, a soldier of the Revolution, praying for a pension.

Mr. Fornance presented a petition of Barbara Moyer, of the county of Montgomery, and State of Pennsylvania, widow of John Moyer, deceased, a soldier of the Revolution, praying for a pension.

Mr. Sergeant presented a petition of Frederick Burkhart, of the city of Philadelphia, a Revolutionary pensioner, praying an increase of pension.

Mr. Sergeant presented a petition of Elizabeth Owens, of the city of Philadelphia, daughter of Henry Yeager, deceased, a soldier of the Revolution, praying for a pension.

Mr. McCulloch presented a petition of James Clark, of the county of Huntingdon, and State of Pennsylvania, a soldier of the Revolution, praying for an increase of pension.

Mr. Ogle presented a petition of Peter Huston, of the county of Somersett, in the State of Pennsylvania, a lieutenant in the late war with Great Britain, praying for a pension.

Mr. Fornance presented a petition of John C. Farrell, of the county of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, an officer in the late war with Great Britain, praying for arrears of pension.

Mr. Sergeant presented a petition of William B. McMurtrie, of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, stating that in October, 1837, he was commissioned a member of the scientific corps of the exploring expedition, and that in August, 1838, he was notified by the Secretary of the Navy, that there would be no further occasion for his services; he therefore prays compensation for expenses and losses incurred in preparing to accompany said expedition.

Mr. Sergeant presented a memorial of Mary Williams and John Williams, of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, stating that their father was master of the ship Stockport of Philadelphia, which was captured by the French privateer Bellona, in the year 1799, and sustained a loss thereby of more than one thousand dollars, and pray compensation for the same.

Mr. Marchand presented a petition of Frances Barr, of Indiana county, in the State of Pennsylvania, stating that her late husband was a soldier in the late war with Great Britain, and during his absence of three years and seven months, she was compelled to support four children by her own labor, she therefore prays remuneration.

Mr. Hammond presented papers of Charles Holmes, of Pennsylvania, in relation to a claim for bounty land.

Mr. Henry presented a petition of Simon Carly, of Beaver county, State of Pennsylvania, a soldier of the Revolution, (heretofore presented, December 12, 1837,) praying for a pension.

Mr. Henry also presented a petition of Thomas Hall, of the county of Beaver, and State of Pennsylvania, a soldier of the Revolution, (heretofore presented, February 16, 1835,) praying for a pension.

Mr. Keim presented a petition of Susannah Mellon, of Berks county, Pennsylvania, praying a continuance of her pension.

Mr. Keim presented a petition of Maria Elizabeth Fox, of Berks county, Pennsylvania, praying a continuance of her pension.

Mr. Galbraith presented a petition of William Garvey, of Crawford county, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying permission to surrender up to the Government the warrant granted to him for bounty land as a soldier, and that the value thereof, in money, may be paid to him. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims.

Mr. Paynter presented a petition of John Deprefontaine, of Bristol township, Pennsylvania, praying for a pension for his services in the last war with Great Britain; which petition was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Mr. Paynter presented a petition of Mary Wolf, of the Northern Liberties, in the county of Philadelphia, widow of John Wolf, a soldier of the Revolution, praying for a pension.

Mr. Petrikin presented a petition of James Barrett, of Columbia county, State of Pennsylvania, a Revolutionary pensioner, praying that he may be placed on the pension list, under the act of 18th March, 1818.

Mr. James presented a petition of Elizabeth Gresham, of the city of Philadelphia, widow of Captain George Gresham, deceased, an officer of the Revolution, praying a continuation of her late husband's pension.

Mr. Newhard presented a petition of Peter Houck, of the county of Lehigh, State of Pennsylvania, a soldier of the Revolution, praying for a pension.

Mr. Hammond presented a petition of Mary Horton, of the county of Luzerne, State of Pennsylvania, widow of John Horton, deceased, a lieutenant in the war of the Revolution, praying for a pension.

Mr. Galbraith presented a petition of Daniel Palmer, of the county of Erie, State of Pennsylvania, a soldier of the Revolution, praying for a pension.

Mr. Hook presented a petition of John Hoover, of the county of Fayette, State of Pennsylvania, praying for a pension for services rendered, and injuries received, as a teamster in the war of the Revolution.

Mr. Gerry presented a petition of Agnes Smith, of the county of York, State of Pennsylvania, widow of John Smith, deceased, a soldier of the Revolution, praying for a pension.

Mr. Biddle presented a petition of Jones W. Plummer, of Pittsburg, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying remuneration for services as surgeon on board the United States ship Ontario, in the Mediterranean, in the year 1831, while he was assistant surgeon in the United States navy.

Mr. Taliaferro presented a petition of Elizabeth Monroe, widow of the late assistant surgeon Thomas C. J. Monroe, of the United States army now deceased, praying a pension in consideration of the death of her husband in service; which petition was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Mr. Henry presented a petition of John Spear, of Mercer county, in the State of Pennsylvania, a soldier in the campaign of 1792, against the Indians, praying for a pension.

Mr. Sergeant presented a petition of William Singleton, of the county of Delaware, in the State of Pennsylvania, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, praying for a pension.

Mr. Toland presented a petition of Mary Campbell, of the county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, widow of John Campbell, deceased, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, praying for a pension.

Mr. Ogle presented a petition of Pliny Hays, of Cambria county, in the State of Pennsylvania, a soldier of the Revolution, praying for a pension.

Mr. Toland presented a petition of Catharine Rinker, of the county of Philadelphia, widow of Samuel Rinker, a seaman and midshipman in the navy of the United States, in the Revolutionary war, praying for a pension.

Mr. Cooper presented a petition of Catharine Snider, of the county of Franklin, in the State of Pennsylvania, widow of George alias Christopher Snider, a soldier of the Revolution, praying for a pension.

Mr. Petriken presented a petition of John Atherton, of the township of Lackawanna, in the county of Luzerne, State of Pennsylvania, a soldier of the Revolution, praying for a pension.

Mr. Henry presented a petition of John Kiltenger, of Sandy Creek township, in the county of Mercer, in the State of Pennsylvania, a soldier in the late war with Great Britain, praying for a pension.

Mr. James presented a petition of William Kerns, of the borough of Westchester, in the State of Pennsylvania, late a seaman in the navy of the United States, praying for a pension for injuries received while in said service.

Mr. James presented a petition of the legal representatives of Captain John Jordan, an invalid pensioner of the Revolution, deceased, praying for arrears of pension.

Mr. Fornance presented the declaration and papers of Joseph Davis, of the township of Lower Merion, in the county of Montgomery, State of Pennsylvania, in substantiation of his claim for a pension.

Mr. S. W. Morris presented a petition of Leonard Little, of the county of Tioga, in the State of Pennsylvania, a soldier of the late war with Great Britain, praying for a pension.

Mr. Davis, of Pennsylvania, presented a petition of Mary Lashels, of the county of Bucks, in the State of Pennsylvania, widow of Corporal John Lashels, deceased, a soldier of the late war with Great Britain, praying to be allowed a pension.

Mr. Petrikin presented a petition of Jonathan Bulkley, of Wilkes Barre, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying for a pension in consequence of injury received in, the naval service of the United States.
Mr. John Davis, of Pennsylvania, presented a petition of Robert McGuire, of Westmoreland county, State of Pennsylvania, stating that he was a soldier in the late war, and suffered much; he therefore prays for aid and relief.

The Speaker presented a petition of H. W. Villee, of Union county, Pennsylvania, stating that some persons in Lancaster, in said State, are in debt to him for printing, and praying for redress.

Mr. Weller presented a petition of Mary Judd, of Dark county, State of Ohio, stating that she is one of the children of William Brown, a lieutenant in the Pennsylvania line during the Revolution, who was entitled to, but never received the commutation promised by Congress, which she prays maybe allowed to the heirs of said Lieutenant Brown.

Mr. Henry presented a petition of Thomas Stratton, of Pennsylvania, praying compensation for services rendered by him in the Revolutionary war.

Mr. Henry presented a petition of John Butts, of Pennsylvania, for himself and the other heirs of Hawkins Boone, deceased, who was an Officer in the war of the Revolution, praying for seven years' half-pay.

Mr. Naylor presented a petition of Mary Kelsey, of the county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, representative of the late Captain John Pearson, deceased, a Revolutionary officer, praying remuneration for services rendered and losses sustained by the said Pearson during the Revolutionary war.

Mr. Cooper, of Pennsylvania, presented a petition of James Cunningham, a citizen of the county of Adams, in the State of Pennsylvania, one of the heirs of Robert Cunningham, deceased, praying that the estate of the deceased may be remunerated for losses sustained upon continental money.

Also a petition of John Caldwell, of the city of Philadelphia, one of the heirs of Andrew Caldwell, deceased, praying remuneration for losses sustained upon continental money.

Mr. Plumer presented a petition of Marcus Spaulding, of the county of Erie, and State of Pennsylvania, praying for the benefits of the several acts passed for the relief of Canadian volunteers.

Mr. Henry presented a petition of Benjamin Foster, of the county of Mercer, and State of Pennsylvania, a soldier of the Revolution, praying for an increase of pension.

Mr. Westbrook presented a petition of John H. Schenk, of Waymart, in the county of Wayne, and State of Pennsylvania, an officer of the Revolution, praying for arrears and increase of pension.

Mr. Bidlack presented a Petition of Nancy McConnell, of the township of Salem, in the county of Westmoreland, and State of Pennsylvania, widow of John McConnell, deceased, a soldier of the Revolution, praying for a continuance of pension.

Mr. Marchand presented a petition of Ann Hunter, of the borough of New Alexandria, in the county of Westmoreland, and State of Pennsylvania, widow of Robert Hunter, deceased, an officer of the Revolution, praying for

By Mr. Marchand: A memorial of J. C. Magill and others, of Mechanicsburg, in the State of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Henry presented a petition of John Javens, of the county of Beaver, in the State of Pennsylvania, a soldier in the Indian and late wars with Great Britain, praying for a pension.

Mr. Marchand presented a petition of Robert Munroe, of the county of Westmoreland, and State of Pennsylvania, a militia soldier of the late war with Great Britain, praying for a pension.

Mr. William W. Irwin presented the papers of William Pitman, of the State of Pennsylvania, a soldier of the late war with Great Britain, in relation to a pension for injuries received.

Mr. Beeson presented documents in the case of Thomas Thompson, of the county of Fayette, and State of Pennsylvania, a militia soldier in the late war with Great Britain, in support of a claim to a pension, in consequence of a wound received while in the service of the United States.

Mr. James Irvin presented a petition of Joseph Brown, of the county of Clinton, and State of Pennsylvania, a militia soldier of the late war with Great Britain, praying for a pension.

Mr. Lawrence presented a petition of Robert Milligan, of the county of Washington, and State of Pennsylvania, a soldier of the late war with Great Britain, praying for an increase of pension.

Mr. Lawrence presented papers of James Gray, of the county of Fayette, and State of Pennsylvania, a militia soldier in the late war with Great Britain, in relation to a claim for pension.

Mr. Lawrence also presented papers of Mary McFee, of the county of Washington, and State of Pennsylvania, widow of Gilbert McFee, deceased, a soldier in the late war with Great Britain, in relation to a claim for pension.

Mr. James Irvin presented a petition of Samuel McElhose, of the county of Mifflin, State of Pennsylvania, a soldier of the Revolution, praying for a pension.

Mr. Lawrence presented a petition of citizens of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, praying that suitable provision be made for the widow of David Ross Crawford, a passed midshipman, who was drowned in attempting to save the life of a seaman.

Mr. Irwin presented a petition of Charles W. Kelso, collector of the revenue for the district of Presqu'Isle, for the change of the name of "Prequ'Isle" (Pennsylvania) collection district, to that of "Erie," and for an increase of his salary as collector of the revenue and inspector of the district and port of Presqu'Isle.

Mr. Toland presented a petition of Maria M. Brooks, late of the city of New York, now of the city of Philadelphia, widow of David Brooks, deceased, a lieutenant in the war of the Revolution, praying for a pension.

Mr. Plumer presented a petition of Martha Olney, of the county of Warren, and State of Pennsylvania, Widow of Stephen Olney, deceased, a soldier of the Revolution, Praying for a pension.

Mr. Plumer presented a petition of Abigail Sherwin, of Harbor Creek, in the county of Erie, and State of Pennsylvania, widow of Daniel Sherwin, deceased, a soldier of the Revolution, praying for a pension.

Mr. Jack presented a petition of Mary Lyon, of the county of Butler, and State of Pennsylvania, widow of John Lyon, deceased, a commissary in the war of the Revolution, praying for a pension.

Mr. Charles J. Ingersoll presented a petition of Catharine Abel, widow of John Abel, deceased, late of the county of Philadelphia, state of Pennsylvania, praying for a pension.

Mr. Charles J. Ingersoll also presented a petition of Elizabeth Whiteman, a claimant for a pension under the act of July 4, 1836.

Mr. John C. Clark also presented a petition of Abigail Jackson of Wellsborough, in the county of Tioga, and State of Pennsylvania, widow of Ebenezer Jackson, deceased, a soldier of the Revolution, praying for a pension.

Mr. Beeson presented a declaration of Daniel Sickles, of the county of Fayette, and State of Pennsylvania, a soldier of the Revolution, in support of his claim for a pension.

Mr. Plumer presented a petition of Henry James, of the county of Clarion, and State of Pennsylvania, a volunteer soldier in the late war with Great Britain, praying for a pension.

Mr. Plumer also presented a petition of William Ritchey, of the county of Cumberland, and State of Pennsylvania, a soldier of the late war with Great, Britain, praying for a pension.

Mr. Marchand presented a petition of William Gordon, praying that a warrant for bounty lands be issued him in trust for the heirs of Daniel Gordon, a soldier of the late war.

Mr. Snyder presented a petition of George Schnable, of Union county, in the State of Pennsylvania, setting forth that he paid into the Treasury, in 1836, $2,600 in gold, and obtained certificates for entering lands; which certificates were refused at the public land sales, and praying that the money may be refunded him, with interest.

Mr. Jack presented a petition of Benjamin Willis, praying for a grant of the bounty land to which he claims to be entitled. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims.

of the city and County of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying that a fine imposed on General Andrew Jackson in 1815, and paid by him, be refunded; and that resolutions expressive of a nation's gratitude for distinguished services rendered by him to his country be passed by Congress.

Mr. Charles J. Ingersoll presented five memorials from citizens of the city and county of Philadelphia, in Pennsylvania, praying that a fine of $1,000, and costs, imposed on General Andrew Jackson, in consequence of his declaring martial law at New Orleans in 1815, be refunded by a joint resolution of Congress, conveying also a suitable expression of gratitude to that individual.

Mr. William W. Irwin presented a memorial of Thomas C. Guthrie, A. M., A. F., A. S., &c., a citizen of Alleghany county, in Pennsylvania, representing as grievances, first, the strenuous attempts made in Congress to

By Mr. McKennan: A petition of John Whitsell, of Pennsylvania, a soldier of the late war, and an invalid pensioner, asking an increase of pension; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. McKennan: The petition of John Trimble, of Pennsylvania, an invalid pensioner, praying an increase of pension; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Mr. Gerry presented a petition of Catharine Lehman, of York county, in the State of Pennsylvania, widow of Anthony Lehman, who was a soldier of the Revolution, praying for a pension; which petition was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

Resolved, That the accompanying petition be referred to the Committee on Accounts, with instructions to allow to the widow and children of the Hon. Davis Dimock, jr., deceased, the daily pay which would have been due if he had been living and in his seat from the commencement of the present session till the 17th day of March, 1842.

By Mr. Plumer: A petition of Elizabeth Gilmore, of Crawford county, in the State of Pennsylvania, widow of Thomas Gilmore, deceased, a soldier of the revolutionary war, praying for a pension; which petition was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

Mr. Bates, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 185) for the relief of Samuel B. Hugo, reported it without amendment.

Mr. Bates also submitted a report on the subject; which was ordered to be printed.

Mr. Bates, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 165) for the relief of Sarah Besly, widow of William Besly, deceased, and previous thereto, widow of Doctor Henry Adams, reported it without amendment.

Mr. Bates also submitted a report on the subject; which was ordered to be printed.

Mr. Bates, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 162) for the relief of Mary Wolfe, of Pennsylvania, reported it without amendment.

Mr. Bates also submitted an adverse report on the subject; which was ordered to be printed.

Mr. Bates, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 157) granting a pension to Esther Sawyer, reported it without amendment.

Mr. Bates also submitted an adverse report on the subject; which was ordered to be printed.

Mr. Bates, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Jacob Slye, submitted a report, accompanied by the following resolution:

Resolved, That the committee be discharged from the further consideration of Jacob Slye's petition.

Mr. Read presented a memorial of Colonel John H. Schenk, of Wayne county, Pennsylvania, praying for an increase and arrears of pension, and also remuneration for disbursements made by him for the use of Government during the revolutionary war.

Ordered, That the said petition and memorial be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

By Mr. Henry: A petition of Anna Maria Behney, of Lebanon county, in the State of Pennsylvania, widow of Peter Behney, a soldier of the Revolution, praying that the same rate of pension which her husband received may be continued to her; which petition was referred to the Committee of Revolutionary Pensions.

By Mr. A. V. Brown: The petition of John Everley--heretofore presented December 23, 1840: which petition was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

By Mr. A. V. Brown: The petition of Alathea Allen--heretofore presented December 31, 1840: which petition was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

By Mr. Bidlack: A petition of Ann Maria Dornback, of Columbia, in the State of Pennsylvania, widow of John Dornback, who was a soldier of the revolutionary war, praying for a pension in consideration of the services of her said husband: which petition was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

By Mr. Brodhead: A petition of Salome Meyer, widow of Peter Meyer, of the State of Pennsylvania, deceased, who was a soldier of the Revolution, praying to be allowed a pension: which petition was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.

By Mr. Toland: A petition of Susannah Tennison, widow of Anthony Tennison, late of Pennsylvania, deceased, a soldier of the revolutionary war, praying a pension; which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

By Mr. Toland: A petition of Sarah Makins, widow of Samuel Makins, a sailing master in the war of the Revolution; which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

By Mr. Charles Brown: A petition of John Baker, of Pennsylvania, a soldier of the late war, praying a pension; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Fornance: A petition of White and Ketchum, late mail contractors, citizens of the State of Pennsylvania, praying indemnity for losses sustained in consequence of an order from the Post Office Department; which was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

Mr. Dickey presented the petition of Thomas Thompson, a citizen of the county of Beaver, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying compensation for services rendered as a soldier of the late war with Great Britain.

By Mr. Edward Joy Morris: A petition of Robert Brady, of the State of Pennsylvania, for indemnity for the loss of the schooner Eagle, taken from him for the public service in the war of 1812.

Also, a petition of the heirs of Henry Lotz, deceased, of Berks county, in the State of Pennsylvania, for the payment of a balance due of seven years and thirteen days' pension, at ninety-six dollars per annum.

By Mr. Ritter: A petition of Christina Gehnet, of Berks county, in the State of Pennsylvania, for a pension under the act of 4th July, 1836.

By Mr. Bidlack: A petition of Reuben Taylor, of Luzerne county, in the State of Pennsylvania, for a pension on account of his services as a privateer. a pension.

By Mr. James Black: A petition of Frederick Tressler, of Franklin county, State of Pennsylvania, praying a pension for services rendered as a soldier in the war of the Revolution: which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

By Mr. James Black: A petition of citizens of Perry county, State of Pennsylvania, of like import.

By Mr. Buffington: A petition of citizens of Armstrong county, State of Pennsylvania, of like import: which said petitions were referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

By Mr. E. Joy Morris: Six petitions of citizens of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, praying an appropriation for the construction of a dry-dock at the navy-yard at Philadelphia: which were referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

By Mr. Foster: A petition of George Easter, of Westmoreland county, in the State of Pennsylvania, for a pension for wounds received in the service of the United States.

By Mr. Foster: A petition of Andrew McLaughlin, of Indiana county, in the State of Pennsylvania, for a pension;

Also, a petition of Francis Davidson, of Indiana county, in the state of Pennsylvania, for a pension;

Also, a petition of Frederick Christmans, of Indiana county, in the State of Pennsylvania, for a pension.

Also, a petition of the heirs of George Clark, deceased, of the State of Pennsylvania, praying compensation for the services of their ancestor as a soldier in the revolutionary war;

Also, a petition of the heirs of Abraham Farrow, of the same State, Praying remuneration in land and money for the services of their ancestor as a soldier in the same war;

Also, a petition of the heirs of David Crosby, of the same State, praying remuneration for the services of their ancestor as a soldier in the same war.

By Mr. Edward Joy Morris: A petition of Catharine Rinker, of the county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, widow of Samuel Rinker, praying for a pension in consideration of the services of her late husband

Mr. Wilkins presented a petition of David Cooke, of the State of Pennsylvania--heretofore presented January 17, 1843.

Mr. Bidlack presented a petition of Martha Bennett, of Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, praying a pension for services of her late husband, Rufus Bennett, as a soldier of the Revolution; which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

Mr. Buchanan submitted the following resolutions, which were considered by unanimous consent, and agreed to:

Resolved, That the Senate has received with deep sensibility the communication from the House of Representatives announcing the death of the honorable Henry Frick, a Representative in Congress from the State of Pennsylvania.

Resolved, That, in token of sincere and high respect for the memory of the deceased, the members and officers of the Senate will wear crape on the left arm, as mourning, for thirty days; and, as a further mark of respect,

Resolved, That the Senate do now adjourn. Whereupon, The Senate adjourned.

By Mr. Darragh: A petition of Elizabeth Brunot, widow of Dr. Felix Runot, deceased, praying a pension in consideration of the services of her late husband as a surgeon in the army of the Revolution.

Also, a petition of said William W. Hubbell, praying the purchase of his patent musket for the use of the United States army and navy.

Also, a petition of Marcus Spalding, of Erie county, Pennsylvania, a pensioner of the United States, praying for a grant of land: which was referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims.

Mr. Pollock presented a petition of Samuel Jordan, of Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, praying for a pension in consideration of his services to the United States in the revolutionary war.

By Mr. Charles J. Ingersoll: A petition of John Binns, of the city of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying Congress to subscribe for copies of his splendid edition of the Declaration of Independence, published some years ago: which petition was referred to the Committee on the Library.

By Mr. Darragh: A petition of John Ferguson, of Allegheny county, in the State of Pennsylvania, for a pension;

Also, a petition of William Pittman, of Mercersburg, in the State of Pennsylvania, for a pension.

By Mr. Foster: A petition of Henry Nealy, of Westmoreland county, in the State of Pennsylvania, a disabled soldier of the late war, for a pension.

Mr. McIlvaine presented a petition of James Bumbough, a citizen of Chester county, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying for an invalid pension as a soldier in the army of the United States from 1818 to 1823.
Mr. James Thompson presented a petition of Marcus Spalding, a citizen of the State of Pennsylvania, praying for an invalid pension as a soldier of the war of 1812.

Mr. Foster presented a petition of Patrick Kelly, sen., of Indiana county, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying for a pension in consideration of services rendered during the revolutionary war, as a draughted militia soldier of the Lancaster county militia;

Also, a petition of Andrew Maglaughlin, of Indiana county, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying for an increase of pension under the act of 7th June, 1832;

Also, a petition of James Donahay, sen., of Indiana county, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying for a pension for services rendered during the revolutionary war at different periods;

Also, a petition of George Scott, of Westmoreland county, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying for compensation for services rendered the United States during the revolutionary war as an "Indian spy" and soldier.

Mr. Pollock presented a petition of William Randall, of Augusta township, Northumberland county, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying for a pension

Mr. Joseph R. Ingersoll presented the petition of Cornelius Tiers, of the city of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying for a reconsideration of his claim for remuneration for losses sustained by him under a contract with the Board of Navy Commissioners to furnish, "upon the requisitions of the commandant of the navy-yard at Philadelphia, all the blocks, dead-eyes, and hearts of every description and size, required for one ship of the line, one frigate, and one sloop of war," to be made according to certain descriptions laid down in said contract, and subject to the inspection of the said yard, or such other inspection as the commissioners of the navy might prescribe--heretofore presented February 9, 1835.

By Mr. John Quincy Adams: A memorial of Samuel Raub, Jr., of the State of Pennsylvania, asking the attention of Congress to his invention, the self-acting safety-valve for steam boilers.

Also, a petition of Joseph Taylor, of Fayette county, in the State of Pennsylvania, for a pension.

Also, the petition and documents of Thomas Thompson--heretofore presented January 18, 1842;

Also, the petition of Joseph Taylor, of Fayette county, State of Pennsylvania--heretofore presented January 11, 1845.

By Mr. Augustus C. Dodge: The petition of Thomas C. Miller, of Cumberland county, and State of Pennsylvania--heretofore presented January 9, 1844.

By Mr. Stewart: A petition of John Trimble, of Fayette county, and State of Pennsylvania, a pensioner of the United States, praying for an increase of pension.

Also, a petition of George Wade, of Butler county, and State of Pennsylvania, praying for an invalid pension on account of injuries received while in the service of the United States in the war of 1812 with Great Britain.

By Mr. Ramsey: A petition of Sophia Albrecht, of Lebanon county, and State of Pennsylvania, widow of Martin Albrecht, who was a soldier in the revolutionary war, praying for a pension on account of the services of her late husband.

By Mr. Hoge: A petition of Jonathan Hoge, of Beaver county, and State of Pennsylvania, praying that the pension withheld from his late father, Lieutenant John Hoge, of the revolutionary war, may be paid over to the heirs of said deceased.

By Mr. Foster: A petition of Matthew Thompson, of East Deer township, county of Allegheny, and State of Pennsylvania, praying for a pension on account of injuries received in the service of the United States as a soldier in the war of 1812 with Great Britain.

Ordered, That said petition, memorial, and additional evidence be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. By Mr. McClean: A petition of Jacob Lehman, of York, Pennsylvania, of like import.

By Mr. McClean: A petition of Nicholas James, of York county, and State of Pennsylvania, praying for a pension on account of his services as a soldier of the army of the Pennsylvania line in the war of the Revolution.

Also, a memorial of Robert H. Smith, executor of the estate of Robert Smith, deceased, of the city of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, of like import with the foregoing.

Ordered, That said memorials be referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

By Mr. McClean: The memorial of Nicholas James, of York county, Pennsylvania--heretofore presented March 23, 1846;

Also, the petition of Michael Weidner, of York county, and State of Pennsylvania--heretofore presented January 21, 1846.

By Mr. Pollock: A petition of Alexander Wallis, of Northumberland county, and State of Pennsylvania, who was a soldier of the American army in the war of the Revolution, praying for a pension.

Mr. Cameron presented the petition of Rebecca Robosson, widow of a deceased revolutionary soldier, praying a pension: which was referred to the Committee on Pensions.

Mr. Cameron presented the petition of Jemima Duval, widow of a revolutionary officer, praying a pension: which was referred to the Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Mann: The memorial of Frederick Taylor, of Westmoreland county, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying for a pension, on account of infirmities and disease from hardships and exposure in the service of the United States during the late war with Great Britain;

Also, the petition of Henry Neely, of Westmoreland county, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying for a pension, on account of disabilities and disease caused by hardships and exposure in the service of the United States during the late war with Great Britain: which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Chester Butler: The petition of George S. Kline, of Columbia county, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying for a pension on account of disabilities incurred while in the military service of the United States in the late war with Mexico; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Also, the memorial of David Tate, of Alleghany county, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying for a pension, on account of injuries received in the service of the United States during the late war with Great Britain; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. James Thompson: The petition of Salmon Moore, of Erie county, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying for bounty land or pension, on account of services rendered, and injuries received, in the late war with Great Britain;

By Mr. McLanahan: The memorial of citizens of Cumberland county, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying that the benefits of the act of Congress of March 3d, 1849, may be extended to the officers of the ten additional regiments raised for the Mexican war; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Also, the memorial of Jacob Sanders and others, citizens of the State of Pennsylvania, praying for the passage of a law placing the soldiers of the late war with Great Britain on the same footing with those who served in the late war with Mexico; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Also, the petition of Charles P. Smith and others, of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, volunteers in the Florida war, of like import with the foregoing.

By Mr. Chandler: The petition of David Steward, of Indiana county, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying for a pension on account of injuries received during the late war with Great Britain.

Mr. Cooper presented a memorial of H. G. Helfenstein and others, citizens of Pennsylvania, praying that provision may be made by law to enable them to receive the amount of their claims against Texas at the treasury of the United States; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. Cooper presented the petition of Catharine Strubing, heir of James Diemer, deceased, praying compensation for certain lands granted by the British government to James Diemer, and disposed of by the United States; which was referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims.

Also, a bill (H. R. 1234) for the relief of James E. Audenried, late of Company E, Second Pennsylvania Cavalry;

Also, a bill (H. R. 1235) granting a pension to Margaret Conyers;

By Mr. Packer: A bill (H. R. 1236) granting a pension to James W. Wharton, late a private, Company G, First Pennsylvania Rifles; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Haldeman: A bill (H. R. 1237) to authorize the erection of a building in Harrisburgh, Pennsylvania, for the accommodation of the post-office, pension, revenue, and other offices of the United States, to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.

By Mr. Benjamin F. Meyers: A bill (H. R. 1238) to remove the charge of desertion against Daniel Orner, late private in Company H, Ninety-first Pennsylvania Volunteers, to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. Negley: A bill (H. R. 1327) for the relief of Jacob Davis, late a second lieutenant in the Eighty-fifth Pennsylvania Infantry Volunteers, to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Also, the petition of Robert Cunningham, of the State of Pennsylvania, praying for a pension for services in the war of 1812;

Also, the petition of Samuel Hamilton, of the State of Pennsylvania, praying for a pension for services in the war of 1812.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Also, the petition of Andrew Armstrong, of Westmoreland county, State of Pennsylvania, praying for a pension for the services of his father in the revolutionary war; which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

Mr. Lewis D. Campell also, by unanimous consent, presented the petition of Philip Geisse, asking that his consulate of Nuremberg, Bavaria, may be added to the list of salaried consulates; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Also, The petition of Daniel Hickey, of the State of Pennsylvania, praying for a pension for services in the war of 1812.

Also, the petition of Conrad Mingos, praying for a pension for services in the war of 1812.

H. R. 521. A bill increasing the pension of Anthony Walter Bayard, of Bellefonte, in the State of Pennsylvania;

Mr. Cameron presented a petition of the association of soldiers and sailors of the war of 1812, residing in western Pennsylvania, praying that pensions may be granted them sufficient to make them comfortable in their declining years; which was referred to the Committee on Pensions.

Mr. Cameron presented the petition of Henry Covert and others, praying that pensions may be granted to the surviving militia of the war of 1812, and to the widows of those who have died or may hereafter die; which was referred to the Committee on Pensions.

H. R. 684. An act granting a pension to Mrs. Mary A. McManus, widow of Captain Andrew McManus, late of the sixty-ninth Pennsylvania volunteer infantry.

H. R. 641. An act for the relief of Charles M. Stout, late a second lieutenant in company E, 7th Pennsylvania reserve corps;

By Mr. Ancona: The petition of Captain John Kennedy, late of the 128th and 213th Pennsylvania volunteers, praying for an extension of the act authorizing the payment of the three months pay proper to honorably discharged officers who served through the whole war; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. Taylor: The petition of William Williamson, of Pennsylvania, praying for a pension.

Also, the petition of Philip Hasten, guardian of William Kitner's heirs, company A, 101st Pennsylvania volunteers, praying for a pension;

Also, the petition of Sarah Ann Beaumont, widow of Joseph L. S. Beaumont, praying for a pension.

By Mr. Perham: The petition of Edmund Johnson, praying for an increase of his pension.

By Mr. Moorhead: The petition of Miss Anna E. Hamilton, of Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, praying that a pension may be allowed her on account of the services of her two nephews killed in battle.

Also, a bill (H. R. 468) granting a pension to Mary Cover, of Middletown, Pennsylvania, widow of Samuel Cover, deceased, late a private in company G, 58th regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers, of the war of 1861, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions;

Also, a bill (H. R. 469) granting a pension to Charles Mans, of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, a soldier of the war of 1812, to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

Also, a bill (H. R. 468) granting a pension to Mary Cover, of Middletown, Pennsylvania, widow of Samuel Cover, deceased, late a private in company G, 58th regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers, of the war of 1861, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions;

Also, a bill (H. R. 469) granting a pension to Charles Mans, of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, a soldier of the war of 1812, to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

An act granting a pension to Miss Ann E. Hamilton, of Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, aunt and adopted mother of James E. McKillip and Charles T. McKillip, deceased, late soldiers in the Union army.

H. R. 1383. An act granting a pension to Miss Ann E. Hamilton, of Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, aunt and adopted mother of James E McKillip and Charles P. McKillip, deceased, late soldiers in the Union army;

H. R. 1420. An act directing the Commissioner of Pensions to proceed to hear evidence and determine the right of W. H. Cox, deceased, late a sergeant in company F, 2d regiment Pennsylvania artillery, to a pension in the same manner as if he was still living, he having died of disease contracted while a prisoner of war at Andersonville, Georgia, and if found to be entitled to a pension, then same, from time of his discharge till death, to be paid over to his father, Charles D. Cox; and

By Mr. George V. Lawrence: The petition of Hampton Thompson, of Beaver county, Pennsylvania, praying for a pension.

Also, a bill (H. R. 617) granting a pension to Christine Kinsel, widow of Erastus Kinsel, deceased, late a private in company A, 125th regiment Pennsylvania volunteers; and

By Mr. Morrell: A bill (H. R. 619) granting an invalid pension to Jacob Gates, to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

H. R. 1383 An act granting a pension to Miss Ann E. Hamilton, of Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, aunt and adopted mother of James E. McKillip and Charles P. McKillip, deceased, late soldiers in the Union army.

H. R. 1420. An act directing the Commissioner of Pensions to proceed to hear evidence and determine the right of W. H. Cox, deceased, late a sergeant in company F, 2d regiment Pennsylvania artillery, to a pension in the same manner as if he was still living, he having died of disease contracted while a prisoner of war at Andersonville, Georgia, and if found to be entitled to a pension, then same, from time of his discharge till death, to be paid over to his father, Charles D. Cox.

Also, the petition of Elizabeth Gardner, mother of Jacob I. R. Gardner, company H, 47th Pennsylvania volunteers, praying for arrears of pensions. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

H. R. 1176. A bill granting a pension to Mary Cover, widow of Samuel Cover, deceased, late a private in company G, of the 56th regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers;

H. R. 1919. An act granting back pension to Edmund W. Wandell, of Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania

H. R. 1919. An act granting back pension to Edmund W. Wandell, of Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania.

H. R. 1923. An act granting a pension to Elizabeth Radigan, widow of John Radigan, deceased, who was a private in company A, of the 49th regiment Pennsylvania volunteers.

Reported and passed, 1109; passed Senate, 1614; enrolled, 1679. In Senate: Received from House, 1126; referred, 1126; reported, 1406; passed, 1635; enrolled, 1648.

Mr. Miller further, from the said committee, to which Was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 569) granting relief to Lois Clark, reported the same without amendment. Ordered, That the said bill be committed to the Committee of the Whole.

Mr. Miller further, from the said committee, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 1695) granting a pension to Charles Maus, of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, reported the same without amendment, accompanied by a report in writing.

Ordered, That the said bill be engrossed and read a third time.

H. R. 1923. A bill granting a pension to Elizabeth Radigan, widow of John Radigan, deceased, who was a private in company A, of the 49th regiment Pennsylvania volunteers;

H. R. 1919. An act granting back pension to Edmund W. Wandell, of Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania.

H. R. 1923. An act granting a pension to Elizabeth Radigan, widow of John Radigan, deceased, who was a private in company A, of the 49th regiment Pennsylvania volunteers.

Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, 1789-1873, SATURDAY, February 27, 1869.

H. R. 1919. An act granting back pension to Edmund W. Wandall, of Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania.

H. R. 1923. An act granting a pension to Elizabeth Radigan, widow of John Radigan, deceased, who was a private in company A, of the 49th regiment Pennsylvania volunteers.

Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, 1789-1873, THURSDAY, January 21, 1869.
H. R. 1695. An act granting a pension to Charles Mans, of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.

Journal of the House, 1789-1873, SATURDAY, February 27, 1869.
H. R. 1919. An act granting back pension to Edmund W. Wandall, of Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania.

H. R. 1923. An act granting a pension to Elizabeth Radigan, widow of John Radigan, deceased, who was a private in company A, of the 49th regiment Pennsylvania volunteers.

Also, the petition of Margaret Parker, widow of Ledyard Parker, 2d Pennsylvania cavalry, heretofore referred December 9, 1868;

By Mr. Stokes: The petition of Anne Penney, mother of Alexander Bruce, 11th Pennsylvania volunteers, praying for a pension, heretofore referred December 14, 1868;

Mr. Stiles, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 1405) granting pension to Catharine Tolan, of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; which was read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Also, the petition of Matilda Carney, widow of Garret Carney, One hundred and thirty-fourth Pennsylvania volunteers, for a pension, heretofore referred February 9, 1869, to the same committee.

By Mr. Donley: The petition of William Wickersham and others, citizens of the State of Pennsylvania, relative to certain lands in Oregon, to the Committee on the Public Lands.

Journal of the House, 1789-1873, TUESDAY, March 8, 1870.
By Mr. --: The memorial and affidavit of Ann E. Gray, widow of Major Wm. A. Gray, deceased, of the One hundred and ninth regiment Pennsylvania volunteers, praying for a pension;

By Mr. Cox: The petition of Elizabeth Harding, mother of Jasper H. Harding, late of the Seventy-sixth Pennsylvania volunteers, praying for a pension; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Kelley: The petition of John F. Dumas, of the State of Pennsylvania, praying for satisfaction of claims unsettled by commissions appointed under the Florida treaty in 1822, to the Committee of Claims.

By Mr. Benjamin F. Meyers: A bill (H. R. 2269) to grant a pension to Catharine Spangy, widow of Adam Spangy, late a private in Company B, Sixty-first Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Also, a bill (H. R. 2270) to grant a pension to Enoch John, son and heir of William John, a soldier of the war of the Revolution, to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and War of 1812.

Journal of the House, 1789-1873, WEDNESDAY, January 24, 1872.
By Mr. Myers: The petition of Joseph Houser, late private of Company I, Ninetieth Pennsylvania Volunteers, praying for arrears of pension;

Also, the petition of General De Witt C. Baxter, late colonel of the Seventy-second Pennsylvania Volunteers, of similar import;

Also, the petition of James E. Audenried, late first lieutenant, Company E, Second Pennsylvania Cavalry, of similar import;

By Mr. Myers: The memorial of William Wheeler Hubbell, of Pennsylvania, praying for relief, to the Committee on Appropriations.

Mr. Scofield, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 1189) for the relief of John W. Douglass, late collector of internal revenue for the nineteenth district of Pennsylvania; which was read a first and second time and referred to the Committee of Claims.

H. R. 2482. An act granting a pension to Unity Welsh, of Philadelphia.

H. R. 2533. An act granting a pension to James W. Wharton, late a private in Company G, First Pennsylvania Rifles.

H. R. 1238. An act to remove the charge of desertion against Daniel Orner, late a private in Company H, Ninety-first Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers.

By Mr. McClelland: The petition of Marshal T. Johnson, of Beaver, Pennsylvania, praying for a pension, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions

By Mr. McJunkin: A bill (H. R. 3158) granting arrears of pension to Mary Sproul, dependent mother of George Sproul, late a private in Company F, Sixty-first Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers;

Also, a bill (H. R. 3159) granting a pension to Martha A. Gallagher, widow of William A. Gallagher, deceased, late a private in Company G, One hundred and thirty-fourth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers;

Also, a bill (H. R. 3160) granting a pension to Aaron B. Hughes, late a musician in Company E, One hundred and third Regiment Penn

Journal of the House, 1789-1873, WEDNESDAY, April 3, 1872.
By Mr. --: The petition of William Byers, of Butler County, Pennsylvania, praying for relief;

By Mr. Kelley: A bill (H. R. 2668) granting a pension to Mrs. Harriet Mattis, widow of the late Isaac Mattis, a private in the One hundred and nineteenth Pennsylvania Volunteers, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Journal of the House, 1789-1873, WEDNESDAY, February 5, 1873.
H. R. 3843. A bill granting a pension to Martha A. Gallaher, widow of William A. Gallaher, deceased, late a private in Company G, One hundred and thirty-fourth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers;

Mr. McJunkin, from the stone committee, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 3160) granting a pension to Aaron B. Hughes, late a musician in Company E, One hundred and third Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, reported the same without amendment.

Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, 1789-1873, APPENDIX.
An act granting back pension to Edmund W. Wandell, of Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania.

An act granting a pension to Elizabeth Radigan, widow of John Radigan, deceased, who was a private in company A, of the 49th regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers.

An act for the relief of Peter McGough, collector of internal revenue and disbursing agent, 20th district, Pennsylvania.

Reported and passed, 1422; passed Senate with amendment, 1761; concurred in, 1818; enrolled, 1824; approved, 1900.

In Senate: Received from House, 1411; referred, 1412; reported and passed with amendment, 1728; concurred in by House, 1783; enrolled, 1797.

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Mr. Wolf presented a petition of Nicholas Kern, of the State of Pennsylvania, late a Collector of Direct Taxes and Internal Duties, and now confined in prison at the suit of the United States, and praying to be released therefrom.